1986-01 January IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood Of ...

Receiving Awards
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Service Pins
Award Recipients
The JUry Kt' phart Memorial Award lor most oul*
uandinK .pprentice in the gr.duatlng c1a u w~nt
to, leh to ri,hl. Edmund S. Wellinglon and lames
E. Myeu.. NUllO Ihem l.s A. C. LipfQrd , c.hainnu I,
lATe.
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Shown al thr Wfe Saving Aw.ud presr.Dution ate,
It II to ti&ht, W.ahu Sc.bllliasu, 8uslntu l'hnagtl
Slhcmalc, I Dd Pnrick Orr.
wilt bt determined by January. 1986, whu;:h site
will be: sdcct c=d ;as the dumping ground. L~rl)'
Kemler, secretary-uc:asUIcr of the Washington SUte.
LAbor Council, spokr on the fUlu,r of the trade
um ons..
Thccvtnmg banquet broughtlh.: successful Umt
ConIercDcc to a close with Life: nmg AWd rd!lo
prcsC'atcd by Busine55 Maolger Charl,.y S,lvl"m;\lt'
to E.lby Collins, Billy While, Pa ttlck On . Wa,ltet
Schllhnger. and David Muun, all fr om the Spokane
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CHA.Jll.LEI. P $ 'LVU .N A LIi, B M .
Local's COPE Committee
Keeps Active
LU. 79lu),SYRA CUSE. N.Y.-The October unIOn
mc ctlo, was atteoded by fWO candidalll.:s for mayOr
of yraCU5C. Both gent lem en were: Invited by Local
79's COPE Committee IQ speak at our meeting.
Members heard eacb c4ndidRle 's vIews on orga ­
Ilized labor and how, if elected, they would work
and s upport UDlOD worken LO the c.ily of Syracuse.
Atter h .ea.riog both candidates th~ Local 79's
COPE Committee c hose to support T om YOUDg
for mayor of Syracuse. The Committee ;and the
membership eiecled to doltate Sl,()(X) toward Mr.
Youn('. campaign for mayor. Also • .$150 wa!'> donau~d
10 Dominick f', o au and John Kavanaugh,
both Loc.al 79 members runnlOg fOI local offices
in the areu they reside in .
Retirtments for the month of Oetober lnclude
tbe foll owing: John Vinene, c.hld gas mechamc
with 27 years service. and Carl Conu with 34 yean
servIce:. Both ,ohn and Carl had lhelr retln='roeot
party together at the Pastm:lI: AthletiC Club. RcthlOg
from the Transportation Department is Irv·
ing POllel after 16 year, 5er'Yice. We can't forge t
,ohn CowdelY from the meter :;Jnd te!lt deportment.
who enjoyed hi lli party .H C reUIli Rest:lurant with
fellow workers a.nd fri etlds
Chet Sojda., a enief mamtC-tlance mt!"chanic in
the aubsu.uon malDtcnance dcrartmcm, retired
dice-live September 13, 1985. Bcothe: r SOl da had 32
yun. 01 service: .and decided 10 take " a bye" on :I
re:uremcllI party. In heu of a patty. Bill Connelly.
Berny Malay aod Russ Kiggins pr c:sc:m ed Chel wilh
I remote·conuol color tclevl:llon, AM· FM radJo
and UIf)C ded. :a watch, and Vinous olbN pIn on
behalf ofbls coworkers and many fnends We hope
you eajoy these gilu when you :l.tt' ablt; to " take
flye" from you I new busy schedule.
On bcha.lf of :Ill your fri ends. we wish you and
Ali« many biPPY and healthy yean of retirement.
Presldenl V.llilee p.u eaIJ 11~",ice pin to Brother
laek Viniui.
1 would h ke to th.lnk Russ for his hcJ", and abo
remind members if Ihey hue Bny wonhy news for
the Journal 10 please feel f,ee 10 call me, and ['11
try 10 get It in the /oumal as SOOn as posslble:
R. I. M I(..IIAtl.!l, P S.
Graduates
Piclured are Ihe Loc.ll 80. Norfolk, V •. , 1985 gf:adnatesl
Iclt to rig.ht . Bru ce E. Woolridge, Edmund
S. Wellington, RaymoD d G. Tellu, Carcy S. Rumpf,
Kath ryn L. Gessner, Robt:n M. ~bnn , Meliss:a R.
Sl)u ffto"amcs E. ,""yen, Timothy L Puu: ~, Jamu
E. Pit:.rce. and Glt:n S. Krm:nro tMlnlng from
picture, urry M. POliS, Jr.'
Apprentice Graduating
Speech Is Highlighted
LU. 80 Ii, o,nsb.spa l~ O RFOLK, VA.- The yeal
of 1985 ga'Ye Local 80 12 new mechalllc5. Brotht:r
lun MYII:I S, unc: uf tin:: twu IUJIl u l 1';1I11.1u1II1:::5, gOl v l: Oil
speech that so impressed me that I would hke 10
shue it with m y readers. Here Lt is 10 it5 entirety.
" We have walled for thb particular evening fo r
oyer four years. Those four yurs included o'Ye r
8,000 hours of on·the·job tr:l ining and over 600
hQurs of cl.ssroom iD!ltTUc tion . Can you remember
Ihe fi rsl six ' moD lh period when we were m.king
nnly S4 .09 l'1rr hour? How ~ lI d we m Bke II !
"Our c1l1!s 5tMled with over 20 apl'rc nLJces.
Tomghl we ha 'Y e here the 12 survivors. I call
ourselvcs SU(Vl'Yors ~ClIuse we sur'Ylved the worst
economic pcriod thLS COUntry ha., sce:o since the:
Creat Depression. We :ue survlVOU of one or the
worst cmus that has fu:ed our local union since
lIS bc&tnnmg- the ome tbat :nx 01 our local C(mrractorsdroppcd
out, ud shonly after thai we took
:a cut 10 pay. M:any 01 U5 m lued time trom work
durtng- ,hu penocL That IS why ' S.Y we :are
I!iUr\·l'YOfl.
" A,. JOU rneymen c:lectncl:ans we now have ma le
r CIIoJ)OMlblihy for our own u (et)' lioii wtll.n for the
.sdety 01 others "nd tbat of the apprentices put in
our charge. We also h:avc tht: responubility to ha'Ye
a PO ~ IIIV C Influence 00 OUt indunry.
" 't 1$ 11 real lO y to be om of school h wu great
to set" the Oth N appre.nnclCs go back 10 school and
DOt h ..... e 10 go, t OO. But, let's. n OI forgt;1 10 keep
our educ.lIon updatcd. Ihere II new ttchnology
and ncw change.s coming OUt .11 the tlml: T here
:lIt" plogJammable controllers, fiber OpllCS and more
We must teach out and obt;lln the neee:s at)' know}­
t'dgt' and lliklll:. tv iUlI-lall, mOl lublll, .mJ (I Dubie·
shoot (hesl( systems. We oel(d to iocorpoute these
new systcms In to aUI lob descn ptlQn In o rder to
keep ou r eleclri ca l industry Ihn vlng
"I Wllnt to ta ke this opportumty to thank all of
our school teachers and the journeymen on the
job. WI( want 10 th;ln k our union, the contractors,
and Ihe Apprenticeship Committee lor making
this mKht pOSSible. A speeud thllnlu to Mr. Hollomon
fOf hi!!! cdfmls, and a special thanks to Mrs
Dekker Ilso lor keeping the ball rolling for us when
limes got tough Uld for all ber eff on s.
" One of the. thm,,, about this p.ul1c.ulll locll
apprmtlcC5hlp Iha[ makes 11 good 15 the diversity
of w()lk a vailable In the area We have: marine:
wark, hne "fork, government work, m:any kmds of
tndUSUI,I1 work, hl~ 'Yoha~c wo:rk, commercial
work, Ilrogr:ammable controllu:i, and 511 11 others
I beheve theSe tcnd to produce a bellel balancw
electnc.ian, one: that IS able 10 wcu k In all aSpects
of the electrical field.
" We represenl the fu turt eJecuicl ans 01 dlls .:rell
and oc he,. arc .. s as well :IS po!'>s lbJe: COlluaCIOIS
Let 's go OUI .md build a good rCIH.Il.lIIon by (be
quantity of w Olk we do and by Ihe quality of tbat
wOlk. Le t us be willchfu l or Ihe In fl lll.: nce we h ave
on our fcllow wOrku and the: IlnLtuJcs we con·
stantly express on and off the job.
" In proverb5 of KlRg Solomon, he s:lld lh:a t a
IU IUI'$> g:,lIlti.leut) Lll .. kcs ,oow for hlru and brings
him before: yeat men. OUI talents and skIlls Will
make a "I:ace for us 10 today'.s lob market
'1 also want 10 add a personal note hue I wanl
10 th.nk Cod for the oppOttURI ty to be up hert
5peaklO~ a.s an honor graduate. I want 10 BLVI( I c su~
C h.n51 the CIcci" for my grades lind fOI gt'tung me
through these four ye:H S. I know 11 IS only by HIS
tJ1u'" /lnr! ~ " rnt:'h 11'1:\1 il i~ pn.~~ihl4" Th~nk you."
':ames Mycl$.
J reArel 10 II'lform you of the dcuh 01 Brother
Jad Mall cr. J:lck re llled on disabil ity In 1982 II fte l
O'Yer 0 years on the Job. Our c.o ndo!ences xo 10
liu: k's widow. Muy, and his children.
I ;l,Ist heard that Brother Ctay CurHng and hiS
WIfe, Pat, lue lhe new proud p.Qrems of Sh